while encouraging, through its training challenges, the decompartmentalisation of disciplines.Initially, design is questioned at the epistemological level, in its positioning at the crossroads of science, technology, considered from the point of view of creative and technical activities, and the arts. Subsequently, design is studied as a discipline to train in conception, which involves four categories of generic skills, namely creativity, collaboration, communication and critical thinking. By way of perspective, we question the democratic issues targeted by education in the 21st century and dealt with by design in all training courses.